Rainbow Quilt
Artist
Ross Palmer Beecher
MediumDisposable lighters, tin chewing tobacco lids, wire
Dimensions48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineSeattle Public Utilities 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Ross Palmer Beecher is a Seattle-based mixed media artist. Her sculptural artworks are often composed as quilts and constructed of recycled materials. She describes her work as inspired by folk-art and "the joy of resourcefulness that has become a way of life."
Beecher grew up in New England. She studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In 1978, she moved to Seattle and began making traditional quilts to relieve her homesickness for the Northeast.
Ross Palmer Beecher